Comics : a global history, 1968 to the present / Bob Mazur & Alexander Danner.

By:

Mazur, Dan, 1959-

Contributor(s):

Danner, Alexander

Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014Copyright date: b2014Description: 319 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 26 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780500290965 (paperback)
0500290962 (paperback)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

741.59 23

LOC classification:

PN6710 .M39 2014

Summary: The first global history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the present day. Comics, manga, bandes dessines, fumetti, tebeo, historietas, no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. This is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include everything from Crumb and Kirby to RAW; from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga; from both the American mainstream and underground to the evolving and influential British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. The authors are the first to write a broadly comprehensive history of this most accessible, democratic, and occasionally subversive modern popular art form, displaying an intimate familiarity with schools and styles, writers, artists, and companies across countries and generations. In showing us both post-apocalyptic dreamscapes and portraits of the everyday, this book looks at this thirty-plus year period through a very unique lens.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The first global history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the present day. Comics, manga, bandes dessines, fumetti, tebeo, historietas, no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. This is a richly illustrated narrative of extraordinary scope. Examples from all over the world include everything from Crumb and Kirby to RAW; from Metal Hurlant to Marjane Satrapi to nouvelle manga; from both the American mainstream and underground to the evolving and influential British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. The authors are the first to write a broadly comprehensive history of this most accessible, democratic, and occasionally subversive modern popular art form, displaying an intimate familiarity with schools and styles, writers, artists, and companies across countries and generations. In showing us both post-apocalyptic dreamscapes and portraits of the everyday, this book looks at this thirty-plus year period through a very unique lens.